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Benutzer:Rhasselbusch/Clifton Observatory
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'''Clifton Observatory''' ({{gbmapping|ST564733}}) is a former mill, now used as an observatory, located on [[Clifton Down]], close to the [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]], [[Bristol]], [[England]]. 

The building was erected, with the permission of the [[Society of Merchant Venturers]], as a [[windmill]] for corn in 1766 and later converted to the grinding of [[Snuff (tobacco)|snuff]], when it became known as 'The Snuff Mill'. This was damaged by a fire on 30 October 30, 1777, when the sails were left turning during a gale and caused the equipment to catch light. It was then derelict for 52 years until in 1828 [[William West (artist)|William West]], an artist, rented the old mill, for 5 shillings (25p) a year, as a [[studio]].<ref name="link">{{cite web | title=The Observatory | work=Bristol link | url=http://www.bristol-link.co.uk/history/observatory.htm | accessdate=2007-05-03}}</ref>

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1766]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bristol]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol]]
[[Category:Structures on the Heritage at Risk register]]
[[Category:The Downs, Bristol]]
[[Category:Camera obscuras]]
[[Category:Clifton, Bristol]]
[[Category:Observation towers in the United Kingdom]]